The following table lists the five FTSE 350 shares that have the best historic returns in February over the last ten years. For example, Fidessa has an average return of 14.9% for the month of February. Each stock has risen in nine of the past ten years in February.

Company

TIDM

Avg(%)

Fidessa Group

FDSA

14.9

Imagination Technologies Group

IMG

13.5

Croda International

CRDA

9.6

Xstrata

XTA

8.3

Provident Financial

PFG

7.0

A portfolio of these five stocks would have out-performed the FTSE 350 Index in every February over the last ten years with an average out-performance of 9.5 percentage points each February.

Shares that dislike February

The following table lists the five FTSE 350 shares that have the worst historic returns in February over the last ten years. For example, AstraZeneca has an average return of -3.5% for the month of February. Each stock has fallen in at least seven of the past ten years in February.

Company

TIDM

Avg(%)

Greene King

GNK

-1.4

AVEVA Group

AVV

-1.5

Vodafone Group

VOD

-1.7

BTG

BTG

-2.5

AstraZeneca

AZN

-3.5

A portfolio of these five stocks would have under-performed the FTSE 350 Index in every February over the last ten years with an average under-performance of 3.3 percentage points each February.